Coat-front stiffener.



M. GREENSTEIN.

COAT FRONT STIFPENER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.17. 1913.

1,120,612. Patented Dec. 8,1914.

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M. GREENSTEIN.

GOAT FRONT STIFFENER.

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MAX GREENSTEIN, OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-I-IALF TO BENJAMIN BERNARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COATFRONT STIFFENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application filed December 17, 1913. Serial No. 807,201.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IvLix GREENSTEIN, of Everett, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coat- Front Stifleners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in coat-stifieners, and more particularly to that part of a coat-stiffener which extends down the front edge of the coat from the top of the shoulder for imparting form and stiffness thereto.

The object of the invention is to provide improved means of this character which will prevent buckling of the coat on the shoulders and will prevent breaking of the front or rolling outward thereof.

lVith these ends in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred embodiment of the invention.

The invention will be clearly understood from an inspection of the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is plan view of the canvas portion of the stiffener, Fig. 2 is a similar view of the portion composed of hair-cloth and felt padding, Fig. 3 is a similar view of the stiffener complete, Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line H in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a similar view taken on the line 55 in Fig. 3.

As illustrated in the drawings, the stiffener comprises a canvas portion 10, which may be provided with one or more gashes 12, 13, and a V-shaped cut 14, the edges of which may be stitched to a layer of lining or canvas. The stiffener also comprises a portion composed of hair-cloth 16, and felt padding 18. The upper portion 20 of the front edge of the hair-cloth is out on a bias from the lower end of the lapel to the shoulder, and the lower portion 22 of this front edge is cut straight from the lower end of the lapel to the waist line 24:, at substantially right angles to the hairs in the cloth, said hairs extending substantially horizontal along the stiffener when the coat is upon the wearer.

The felt pad is sewed to a stay 25 and to the hair-cloth 16 by a single line of zig-zag stitching 26, extending from the shoulder line 27 to the waist line 24, and said pad is also sewed to said canvas by a plurality of parallel rows of stitching 28, preferably zigzag, extending substantially parallel to the line of the lapel from the shoulder to the lower end of the lapel. These rows of stitching therefore extend through the haircloth and the felt padding only, as shown in Fig. Next the felt padding and the haircloth are sewed upon the canvas by a line of stitching 30, which is preferably zig-zag, along the front edge of the felt padding. This line of stitching passes through all three thicknesses of material, viz., the can vas 10, hair-cloth 16 and felt 18, as shown in Fig. 4. Then the felt padding and the haircloth are sewed to the canvas along the line 32, down to the line of the lower end of the lapel, as shown in Fig. 3. Next the felt paddin hair-cloth, and canvas are sewed together by parallel substantially horizontal rows of stitching 34, preferably zigzag, extending from the lower end of the lapel to the waist line. This stitching is through all three thicknesses of the materials, thus uniting them all to form a firm stiffener from the lower end of the lapel to the waist line. But the upper portion of the canvas is not attached to the hair-cloth and felt padding except along the lines of sewing 30, 32, at the edges of the padding, from the shoulder line to the lower end of the lapel. By thus constructing the stiffener as above set forth, the shoulders of the coat are prevented from buckling or forming bubbles or blisters, and the front of the coat is prevented from breaking or rolling outward.

What I claim is 1. A coat stiffener adapted to extend down the front of a coat from the shoulder, comprising two members, one member being composed of a layer of padding and a layer of stiffening cloth secured together by a series of substantially parallel rows of stitches extending from the shoulder to the lower end of the lapel in a substantially ertical direction, and the other member being composed of fabric, said first member being sewed to said second member from the shoulder to the lower edge of the lapel only a row of stitches at the front and rear edges of said first member.

2. A. coat stiffener adapted to extend down the front of a coat from the shoulder, com- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for der to the lower end of the lapel, saidmembers'being also sewed together by substantially horizontal rows of stitches from the lower end of the lapel to the waist line.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MAX GREENSTEIN.

Witnesses:

HARRIS FRIEDBERG, HENRY B. CHARAK.

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Washington, D. 0. 

